India captain Rohit Sharma became the sixth Indian and 15th batter overall to make 10,000 runs in ODI cricket during the match against Sri Lanka in the ongoing Asia Cup 2023 tournament’s Super 4s stage.
India has already qualified for the final and will face Bangladesh on Friday in their last Super 4s encounter before facing the winner of the Pakistan vs. Sri Lanka match in the final on Sunday.
Rohit Sharma holds a variety of records in ODI and T20I cricket like being the only one to hit three double-hundreds in ODIs and having hit the most centuries in T20I cricket - four. He also has the highest individual score in ODIs - 264.
Currently, the Indian captain has done well in the Asia Cup barring his off-day against Pakistan in the group-stage match.
India spinner R Ashwin shared an interesting anecdote about Rohit Sharma when he had a conversation with Virat Kohli.
"5-6 years back, Virat Kohli and I discussed while Rohit was batting. I don't remember which match it was. Seeing Rohit bat, I was thinking, 'Where do you even bowl to him? If Rohit is set after 15-20 overs, you wouldn't know where to bowl to him.' Virat asked me, 'Do you know who is a captain's nightmare at the death?'
I asked, ‘Is it Dhoni?’ Kohli was like, ‘No, it is Rohit.’ When I asked him why, he said 'You won't know where to bowl'," recalled Ashwin on his YouTube channel.
Ashwin further stated that Rohit makes batting look effortless and has got all the shots in the book.
"If Rohit Sharma is batting at the end of the 16th over in a T20, where will you bowl? He has got all the shots in the book and once he played an extraordinary knock in Chinnaswamy stadium that Kohli can never forget, it seems. Rohit Sharma has got all the shots, and he makes it look so effortless and easy,” Ashwin added.
Rohit Sharma will be in action when India faces Bangladesh on Friday in a Super 4s stage encounter in Asia Cup 2023.
